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Sleep and exercise could be as powerful as any 'smart drug' - Business Insider

Chess Research - Wed, 02/22/2017 - 11:08

Business Insider

Sleep and exercise could be as powerful as any 'smart drug'
Business Insider
According to a 2015 meta-analysis by Oxford researchers, non-pharmacological forms of cognitive enhancement (NPCE) like sleep, exercise, and brain-training appear to do as much to improve cognition as pharmacological ones like modafinil ...

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Plymouth Public Library news - Wicked Local Acton

Chess Research - Wed, 02/22/2017 - 08:23

Wicked Local Acton

Plymouth Public Library news
Wicked Local Acton
215; Bill Petrillo, Chess club co-leader, 774-766-7689, bill.petrillo@comcast.net; or Jim Pritchard, Chess club co-leader, 508-878-8194, jimpri@verizon.net. .... Researchers can access more than 440 million records beginning with the Revolutionary War.

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Manfred gets confrontational over MLB union's resistance to pace-of-play changes - FOXSports.com

Chess Research - Tue, 02/21/2017 - 19:27

FOXSports.com

Manfred gets confrontational over MLB union's resistance to pace-of-play changes
FOXSports.com
But in a game, in a chess match, they happen. And being able to see them, ... “We know not based on impressions or thoughts — we know based on really fundamental research — what our fans think about the game,” Manfred said. “It's in the player's ...

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Pizza fundraiser planned for Aurora preschool - Chicago Tribune

Chess Research - Tue, 02/21/2017 - 18:27

Chicago Tribune

Pizza fundraiser planned for Aurora preschool
Chicago Tribune
The day's topics will include historic research to determine what Illinois vegetation was like before Illinois was settled and developed and how to identify native plants, according to a press release about the event. Johnson, museum biologist, will ...

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Drones, AI and getting undergrads ready for great disruption - The Straits Times

Chess Research - Tue, 02/21/2017 - 15:03

The Straits Times

Drones, AI and getting undergrads ready for great disruption
The Straits Times
There are many things which keep us lecturers awake at night: overdue research paper submissions, unrealistic grade expectations by students, concerns about the future employability of our graduates in a Vuca (volatility, uncertainty, complexity ...

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Chess competition - The Tribune

Chess Research - Tue, 02/21/2017 - 13:58

Chess competition
The Tribune
Jagraon: Sanmati Government College of Education and Research, Jagraon, organised a programme to celebrate world mother tongue day today. The students of the college presented speeches, songs and poems to express their love for mother tongue ...

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Chess competition - The Tribune

Chess Research - Tue, 02/21/2017 - 13:54

The Tribune

Chess competition
The Tribune
Jagraon: Sanmati Government College of Education and Research, Jagraon, organised a programme to celebrate world mother tongue day today. The students of the college presented speeches, songs and poems to express their love for mother tongue ...

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Scouting Combine Research Series: Receivers (Part 4) - Scout

Chess Research - Tue, 02/21/2017 - 07:21

Scout

Scouting Combine Research Series: Receivers (Part 4)
Scout
It's the ulma mater for such luminaries as Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond, mystery writer Mickey Spillane, and “Boys of Summer' author Roger Kahn, chess champion Bobby Fischer and football legends Al Davis and Sid Luckman. “Coming out of ...

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If AI Can Fix Peer Review in Science, AI Can Do Anything - WIRED

Chess Research - Tue, 02/21/2017 - 07:11

WIRED

If AI Can Fix Peer Review in Science, AI Can Do Anything
WIRED
“The broad goal of my project is to help scientists and practitioners gain more knowledge about a research area more quickly,” says Isabelle Augenstein, a post-doctoral AI researcher at University College of London, who devised the challenge. That's a ...

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What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise - Phys.Org

Chess Research - Tue, 02/21/2017 - 05:15

Phys.Org

What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise
Phys.Org
However, the latter possibility seems more unlikely, as recent research has found no causal relationship between chess instruction and cognitive ability. Interestingly, the same lack of relationship has been found for music training. While practice ...

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Magnus Carlsen Mentors Homer Simpson - Chess.com - Chess.com

Chess Research - Mon, 02/20/2017 - 18:57

Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen Mentors Homer Simpson - Chess.com
Chess.com
World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen is an avid connoisseur of pop culture. Now, he's part of it. Yesterday his long-awaited cameo on the American animated ...

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The Amazing Knight - TexasSports.com

Chess Research - Mon, 02/20/2017 - 12:40

TexasSports.com

The Amazing Knight
TexasSports.com
In the game of chess, pieces move sideways, crossways, limited spaces or lots of spaces. But no ... Blackwood was a University of Texas assistant track coach at the time, and his research quickly told him to go back to the Longhorns' football office ...

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What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise - The Conversation UK

Chess Research - Mon, 02/20/2017 - 09:03

The Conversation UK

What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise
The Conversation UK
Now our new research on chess players has started untangling the problem. Some researchers believe that becoming an expert in disciplines such as music and scientific research is just a matter of “an awful lot of … effort” – to quote American Olympic ...

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What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise - The Conversation UK

Chess Research - Mon, 02/20/2017 - 02:00
What chess players can teach us about intelligence and expertise  The Conversation UK

Are experts more intelligent than non-experts or do they just work harder? And why do some people reach high levels of expertise, while others just remain ...

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Students compete at All Schools Chess Tournament - Lifestyle ... - Examiner Enterprise

Chess Research - Sun, 02/19/2017 - 07:20

Students compete at All Schools Chess Tournament - Lifestyle ...
Examiner Enterprise
The 40th annual Bartlesville All Schools Chess Tournament took place on Feb. 11 at Madison Middle School in Bartlesville.The competition is sponsored by the ...

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Camilla Tominey: Keep the faith in football - Express.co.uk

Chess Research - Sun, 02/19/2017 - 05:38

Express.co.uk

Camilla Tominey: Keep the faith in football
Express.co.uk
While the game has got to take any research seriously, it would be sad to get to the stage where footballers have to sign a disclaimer saying, “I understand that playing football could pose a risk to my health”. I mean, what next – get teenage chess ...

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